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abandoned

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of abandoned

1 left unoccupied or unused

She consciously avoided walking past the abandoned house, with its broken windows and sagging porch.

Synonyms of abandoned

derelict, deserted, desolate, disused, forgotten, forsaken, rejected, vacant, vacated, void

Words Related to abandoned

ignored, neglected, unattended, untended

castaway, cast-off, discarded, jettisoned, junked, refuse, waste

godforsaken, miserable, shabby, wretched

Near Antonyms of abandoned

reclaimed, recovered, redeemed, rescued, retrieved, salvaged, saved

reconditioned, rehabbed, rehabilitated, restored

2 showing no signs of being under control

wild, abandoned dancing that shocked the staid chaperones at the school dance

Synonyms of abandoned

intemperate, rampant, raw, runaway, unbounded, unbridled, unchecked, uncontrolled, unhampered, unhindered, unrestrained

Words Related to abandoned

uncontrollable, ungovernable

barbaric, hog wild, riotous, uninhibited, wild

Near Antonyms of abandoned

moderate, tempered

Antonyms of abandoned

bridled, checked, constrained, controlled, curbed, governed, hampered, hindered, restrained, temperate

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